GREENHOUSE DIY WINDOW WELL PLANS
Turn your window well into a garden of fresh veggies and herbs.
Window wells in most homes only serve as egress in case of an emergency. Unless there’s an emergency, its vacant space never gets used . More and more folks realize that this space could very well be an all season growing space greenhouse for growing and or storing house plants.
Greenhouse structures can take on various designs, for those who prefer a more manageable garden endeavor, as opposed to a standalone hobby grow house or a permanent greenhouse structure. A window well greenhouse may just be the answer.
For people who enjoy gardening and want to increase their growing season and would like an affordable option, turning a window well into a green house is an easy to create alternative.
BUILD YOUR OWN WINDOW WELL GREENHOUSE
Once completed, build a tiered shelf arrangement or window box planters most likely from wood. Utilizing a window well liner will also help prevent the wood shelving from making contact with moist dirt inside the window well. Bring in good organic soil and start to grow a variety of herbs and greens.
A DIY green house window well will turn out veggies along with fresh herbs even in the coldest regions of the country. Proper orientation and care, growing all year is totally doable!
Harvesting decent bumper crops. Depending on the size of the window well, a bountiful harvest will fill your quiver.
The best window well has a south westerly orientation; this will allow the greenhouse window well to collect as much southern winter sun as possible.
In addition to growing plants and herbs. Capturing sun rays an added bonus provides additional heat into the adjoining area and will also prevent heat from escaping through the interior window on cold days and evenings.
WINDOW WELL FEATURES
A window well greenhouse provides an air lock between the outdoor elements and the inside of the room. This arrangement is ideal for individuals who want to grow their own herbs on a small scale for personal consumption. Access from the inside is a handy feature.
The exterior of the greenhouse window well should have an access passage from the outside; a small hinged door with proper weather stripping that is large enough for a person to fit through 24″w x 36″h or larger is probably all one needs to comply with egress.
The exterior of the greenhouse window well should have an access passage from the outside; a small hinged door with proper weather stripping that is large enough for a person to fit through 24″w x 36″h or larger is probably all one needs to comply with egress.
With respect to dimensions, the best window wells are 5′ (x) 5′ (x) 3′ ranges or bigger. Obviously the larger the window well, the bigger the harvest.
DIY designs and plans can be left to the imagination there are no rules, build it right, build it functional and build it to last.
A window well greenhouse such as the one in this article was inspired and designed by Mac Thompson.
This diy window well green house turned out just right, with a 7′-6″w x 6′ d x 3′-5″h overall size, this allowed for two generous sized growing levels around 12″ x 12″ for each tier. The bottom sill level can be used for potting containers and other implements.
